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Me and my brother headed up to Kite Lake road on Tuesday afternoon from Co Springs. The only glitch on the way there was a speeding ticket in Fairplay. Ugh! But we set up camp along the road near treeline before the fee area. We're cheap. We hit the sack at like 9:30 and woke up at 4:15 on Wed. to a great night sky, full of stars. We were on the trail at 5:00. We were the first ones. After heading up in the dark, we got to Democrat's summit at 6:15 to a great view of the surrounding peaks as the sun rose.

looking back at Democrat after descending

After a short time on the summit we pressed on to Cameron, which we got to at 6:45, and Lincoln, at 7:15.

USGS marker

view of Quandary

. It was pretty windy on Lincoln's summit, but not too bad. The long flat hike to Bross took until 8:00 after a short time on Lincoln's top. we took a long break on there.

summit marker

Then, the loose gravel hike back down to Kite Lake. This took until about 9:15.

looking towards Democrat during Bross descent

Then we packed up the car and drove to Sherman. We had to park at the Leavick townsite, about 2 miles lower than the main parking spot near the Dauntless mine, at 10:30 Oh well, more elevation gain We went fast though, getting to Dauntless within an hour, and the flat spot above the Hilltop mine at 12:00.

old mine

We thought we were a little late, but many other people were heading up as well. Then we headed up the long ridge(which was extremely windy) and summited at 12:30.

ridge

summit shot

There were a couple groups up there and we headed down at around 1:00. After the ridge the wind died down and it was an enjoyable hike down, and we explored the mines and old mine buildings.

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